Switching a band to Dynamic Gain mode enables a Threshold to be set, above which the signal for that band is either boosted or cut - ie, compressed or expanded. That’s all good stuff, of course, but what really takes Nectar 3’s EQ to another level are its two Dynamic Processing modes. Second, the maximum number of bands has been tripled from eight to 24, and a couple of new filter types have been added: Proportional Q Bell and Band Shelf. For many, it will be the primary reason to upgrade.įirst of all, like the Compressor module, you can have two of them in a preset now.
Nectar 2’s eight-band EQ was no slouch, but Nectar 3’s blows it out of the water.
IZOTOPE NECTAR PATCH
As with its similarly equipped siblings, the resulting preset is only meant to be a starting point, but Nectar 3’s Assistant gets much closer to a final usable patch than Neutron 2 or Ozone 8’s, due to the less diverse nature of the human voice in comparison to the infinite spectral and dynamic variations of tracks, buses and full mixes. Having selected Assist mode and pointed the algorithm in the right direction by choosing Vintage, Modern or Dialogue as the source ‘Vibes’, and Light, Moderate or Aggressive as the processing ‘Intensity’, the input signal is analysed for a few seconds, during which the modules are set up in the background to correct for dynamic fluctuations, resonant peaks, sibilance, and even adjust pitch correction and reverb mix. Vocal Assistant creates a custom preset to make your vocal sound objectively ‘better’ and more mix-ready. Called Vocal Assistant, it might just be the most impressive implementation of the concept yet. Joining Neutron 2, Ozone 8 and, on rather different terms, RX 7, Nectar 3 boasts a machine learning-driven system for setting the plugin up automatically based on analysis of the input signal. Glamorous assistantĪnd so to the main event. Oh, and the separate Nectar 2 Breath Control plugin has been ousted in favour of the superior RX 7 Breath Control - although why it’s not been worked in as a module is a mystery. It’s not a serious problem, but we wonder if it might be possible to make the control panels float (deceptively, they look like they do already) so that they could be moved out of the way when necessary.Īll modules now feature dry/wet Mix controls in their top bar panels, and, as you’d expect, Nectar 3 shows up in Neutron 2 and Ozone 8’s Visual Mixer, Masking Meter and Tonal Balance Control. There is one minor snag, though, in that the controls for many of the modules (the worst offender being Compressor) can obscure a chunk of the waveform or spectrum view over which they’re situated when the window is set small. Nectar 2 was starting to look decidedly retro, so the graphical makeover is a welcome move, as is the newfound ability to freely resize the window by dragging the bottom right corner. Nectar 3 (VST/AU/AAX/RTAS) redraws the GUI to achieve homogeneity with recently updated iZotope stablemates Neutron 2, Ozone 8 and RX 7, and make the various displays (spectrum displays, gain reduction trace, etc) more visually immediate.
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Utilising an array of reorderable modules to apply voice-optimised dynamics shaping, EQ, pitch correction, harmonisation, de-essing, distortion and effects, it’s become a go-to plugin for the professional producer looking to quickly and easily get vocals of all kinds - from sung and rapped to dialogue and voiceover - sounding their best, entirely in the box.
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